Psychosocial stressors and buffers affecting black women in Montreal

Canadian Journal of Community Mental Health

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 37-48

  Whitley, Rob ^a   Green, Steve ^b  

^a DARTMOUTH PSYCHIATRIC RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b HOWARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; CANADA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FAMILY; FEMALE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; MENTAL STRESS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RACISM; RELIGION; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW;

EID: 54449101683     PISSN: 07133936     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7870/cjcmh-2008-0003     Document Type: Article

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